Hi guys.
In another thread some time ago I read with interrest that the US roadsters turns on the brake light while braking with regen, while the EU cars does not.
Apparantly this has to do with some older EU regulations that stated that only physical use of the pedal was to turn on the light. I guess this has changes since then, because the Model S in EU turns on the light.
I talked to Tesla service center localy about this, and they confirmed this behavor (they confirmed that EU cars does not turn on the light, they did not know the reason). I asked then if this was an easy software fix to enable this feature (because this is something I really want, regen stops the car very quickly and it's easy for the car behind not to notice), but they told me that if the car came without this function is was not possible to enable it.
But I am hoping there is some hack for this, does anyone know or have a good idea?
If not I might need to figure out something myself (maybe an accelerometer connected to a relay?).
In another thread some time ago I read with interrest that the US roadsters turns on the brake light while braking with regen, while the EU cars does not.
Apparantly this has to do with some older EU regulations that stated that only physical use of the pedal was to turn on the light. I guess this has changes since then, because the Model S in EU turns on the light.
I talked to Tesla service center localy about this, and they confirmed this behavor (they confirmed that EU cars does not turn on the light, they did not know the reason). I asked then if this was an easy software fix to enable this feature (because this is something I really want, regen stops the car very quickly and it's easy for the car behind not to notice), but they told me that if the car came without this function is was not possible to enable it.
But I am hoping there is some hack for this, does anyone know or have a good idea?
If not I might need to figure out something myself (maybe an accelerometer connected to a relay?).